Blessed Christopher Bales

Also known as

• Christopher Bayles
• Christopher Evers

Memorial

• 4 March

Profile

Educated at Rome, Italy and Rheims, France. Ordained at Douai, France in 1587. Returned to England in 1588 to minister to covert Catholics, using the name Christopher Evers. Arrested and martyred for the crime of priesthood.

Born

• Coniscliffe, Durham, England

Died

• hanged, drawn and quartered on 4 March 1590 in Fleet Street, London, England

Venerated

• 8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Beatified

• 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Christopher, contact
     Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
     39 Eccleston Square
     London SW1V 1BX, UNITED KINGDOM

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Dictionary of National Biography
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Christopher Bales“. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 June 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>